Roxann Murray is an award-winning artist in Tacoma, Washington. Her images have been used in newspapers, a TV show, a video game, a music video, an art book, and a literary arts magazine. A few organizations she has collaborated with are hitRECord, the National Park Foundation, and the City of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture. In 2009, she received her B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences with a certificate of high scholarship from the University of Washington Tacoma. Prior to that, she received her A.A. in photojournalism at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom.
Roxann has spent much of her time on the road documenting a variety of places in the United States, including the National Parks. Her international travels include Thailand, Costa Rica, the Marshall Islands, Bali, London, and the Philippines. When Roxann is not traveling and taking photographs, she documents and engages in community-based activism.
The majority of Roxann’s photographs focus on pattern and color. She brings attention to hidden beauties such as a plant pushing through cracked concrete or an old rusty truck on the side of a road. While she does not limit herself to what she photographs, she prefers the natural world instead of the hustle and bustle of the city. Since she was a child, she has had a strong connection with nature and animals.
Roxann’s life goal is to continue her travels and visit every continent on the planet. She is focused on documenting the Galapagos Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, wood carvers in Oaxaca, baobab trees in Madagascar, the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica, the Aurora Borealis in Iceland or Alaska, active volcanoes in Hawaii and Vanuatu, wild African elephants in Botswana and Kenya, and coral reefs in Raja Ampat and Fiji. Since she was seventeen, her dream has been to take photographs for National Geographic.
Roxann has spent much of her time on the road documenting a variety of places in the United States, including the National Parks. Her international travels include Thailand, Costa Rica, the Marshall Islands, Bali, London, and the Philippines. When Roxann is not traveling and taking photographs, she documents and engages in community-based activism.
The majority of Roxann’s photographs focus on pattern and color. She brings attention to hidden beauties such as a plant pushing through cracked concrete or an old rusty truck on the side of a road. While she does not limit herself to what she photographs, she prefers the natural world instead of the hustle and bustle of the city. Since she was a child, she has had a strong connection with nature and animals.
Roxann’s life goal is to continue her travels and visit every continent on the planet. She is focused on documenting the Galapagos Islands, Jamaica, Cuba, wood carvers in Oaxaca, baobab trees in Madagascar, the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica, the Aurora Borealis in Iceland or Alaska, active volcanoes in Hawaii and Vanuatu, wild African elephants in Botswana and Kenya, and coral reefs in Raja Ampat and Fiji. Since she was seventeen, her dream has been to take photographs for National Geographic.
I created my Save the Bees image in response to insecticide/pesticide use and Colony Collapse Disorder. I want people to know how important pollinators are to humans and how vulnerable they are as a species.
-Bees are responsible for pollinating one in every three bites of food we consume.
-Bees are dying off from pesticide use and malnutrition. This jeopardizes the production of food that sustains human life.
-Colony Collapse Disorder, has resulted in bee mortality rates of 33% over the last five years.
What can you do?
-Do not use pesticides in the yard/garden
-Plant bee-friendly plants
-Create a natural habitat garden
-Support local beekeepers
-Make shelter for bees
-Sign petitions banning pesticides
-Encourage local lawmakers
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